Time Warps

Many theories have been developed to explain the disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle such as methane gas and freak waves. Another less accepted explanation are time vortexes. Some people believe that boats have been lost in a time portal sending them to another time and place. The theory was originally developed by Albert Einstein and is still believed by some.

Steven McConchie

Vortex Kinesis. (2003). Bermuda Triangle.
Retrieved on April 22, 2008. from http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/vortex_kinesis.html

Conclusion

There are a lot of different theories behind the disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle. Based on our research it was broken down into three categories. First is the group of people that believe the events are caused simply by human error and that there are no outside influences. Secondly there are the people who believe there is a scientific influence such as methane gas and freak atmospheric and weather phenomena that cause the disappearances. Thirdly there are people that believe the Bermuda triangle is a myth in general and that there are no more disappearance there than anywhere else in the world. They say it is simply just more publicized.

Columbus and The Triangle

It is said as early as 1492 on Columbus' first journey to the America's that when he passed through the area known now as the "Bermuda Triangle" he witnessed strange events. In his journal he wrote about a "Great Flame of Fire" that streaked accross the sky. Also during the time he was in the Triangle Columbus' journal also talks about a complete compass failure. It is speculated that Columbus was just experiencing a discrepancy between what is called "True North" and "Magnetic North". The light Columbus saw was most likely nothign more than a meteor burning as it entered earth's atmosphere.

Andrew Troester

The Bermuda Triangle (2006) Retrieved April 18, 2008 from
http://beaverbeliever.net/caches/GCV29D.htm

Most Recent Disapperances

The last disapperances have happened within the past 5 years. There have only been 3 missing planes that have flown over the Bermuda Triangle that have come up missing. The most recent disapperance was Piper PA-46-310P N444JH plane. This plane went down on April 10, 2007, near the Berry Islands. They are unsure why this plane became missing, and are currently still looking into the matter. The next disapperance was a Piper PA-23 N6886Y plane. On June 20, 2005 this plane went down due to matters dealing with bad weather. It went down somewhere between Treasure Cay, BI and Flort Pierce, FL. On Novermber 12, 2003 Piper PA-32-300 N8224C plane, went down over the Exumas, Bahamas. This plane went down for reasons that are unknown, and the case has been closed. This is an example of a Piper PA-46-310P Plane.

(2007). Bermuda Triangle?. Retrieved April 14, 2008, from Bermuda Triangle? Web site: http://caribbeantravelhelp.com/bermuda/q-3005875.html


-Rebecca Bryan

USS Cyclops and SS Marine Sulphur Queen

Even though there have been over 200 disappearances, two of the main ships that disappeared in the Bermuda Triangle were the USS Cyclops, and the SS Marine Sulphur Queen. The USS Cyclops was a navy ship that was built to keep a mobile battle fleet supplied with fuel. The USS Cyclops went into the water in 1817, the ship had coal and cargo supplies that the Navy needed in wartime events. In early march 1918, the ship went down as they were passing through the Bermuda Triangle. The ship was never found after it was returning from a voyage to Brazil.
The other ship that disappeared is the SS Marine Sulphur Queen. The SS Marine Sulphur Queen was the first liquid sulfur tanker to ever hit the water. The ship was leaving from Beaumont, Texas and heading for Norfolk, Virginia. When they were headed towards Norfolk the ship lost all signals about 200 miles off of Key West, Florida. This puts the ship in the Bermuda Triangle. The ship disappeared some time after she left Texas on February 2, 1963 and February 7, 1963, when the ship did not make it to Virginia. Its a mystery as to what happened or where the ship is today.
-Rebecca Bryan

Oceanic Flatulence

Ocean Flatulence is one of the theories behind the many dissapearances in the Bermuda triangle. Ocean Flatulence is basically when the ocean floor releases a large amount of methane gas in what are commonly called gas hydrates. The theory is that when the ocean floor releases this large amount of gas at one specific moment the ocean can become very violent and frothy enough so to sink a ship. Also it is believed that when this gas is released into the atmosphere any aircraft low enough woould suffer engine failure dude to the massive amounts of concentrated methane gas taken in by the engine. Ocean Flatulence has been found to be common in the areas around Scotland and it is believe that within the Bermuda triangle that could be very prevelent as well.

Breaking Wind. (2007). Retrieved April 10, 2008 from.
http://unex-t.com/thetruth/bermuda.htm

Andrew Troester

Lawrence Kusche's Disappearance of Flight 19

Explanations and theories are being offered up all the time to attempt to debunk the strange disappearances within the Bermuda Triangle. This is especially true for the infamous disappearance of flight 19. There have been television programs from the History and Science channels and books like Lawrence Kusche's Disappearance of Flight 19. His theory is that the vanishing of the planes has absolutely nothing to do with the triangle itself but rather poor navigation by the pilots. The objective of flight 19 was to allow the pilots to practice plotting their course on plotting boards like this one and to have each plane lead for a certain leg of the flight. Kusche claims that if one pilot was mistaken in his direction during his assigned leg then the other pilots would blindly follow off course. He has received a great deal of criticism for his claims because many people find it hard to believe that the other pilots would not cross check the navigation of the leader. But still no evidence has been found to say exactly what went wrong with flight 19.

Bad Navigation?. (2004) Bermuda triangle. Retrieved April 9, 2008 from http://www.bermuda-triangle.org/html/bad_navigation_.html

Steven McConchie